Getting There on Less
How might we get around with less oil? Here’s a 12-step program to kick our addiction to gas guzzling.
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The End of Ancient Sunlight
There are good reasons to move away from dependence on oil — war and climate change are among them. Then there’s the fact that oil extraction is about to peak, and we don’t have a plan for a world of diminishing oil supplies.
Street-corner Revolution
The Village Building Convergence. A sunflower
painted across an intersection. A solar-powered fountain. A
corner tea kiosk. Portlanders are taking over their streets and
teaching city officials to love “city
repair.”
Mother of Exiles
In the U.S. today, immigrants are taking the blame for everything from environmental stresses to terrorism to the poor job market. What’s at stake for all of us in this debate?
Walking Through Fear
An interview with Frances Moore Lappé by Sarah Ruth van Gelder
Cheese, Bread, and Thou
A small cheese shop in Berkeley has become a
community hub and a thriving model of worker
ownership.
Carry Me Away
Yet this is a sort of knowledge that
generations before us have already held, a way of appreciating
the world that we might share without trauma, without hard
lessons, if we but remember how our ancestors used to
live.
The Demand for the Common Good
What happens when economic growth produces more “illth” than wealth? What happens when it gobbles up the foundation of the good life—the commons?
The Secret to Happiness
Americans are far more affluent, on average,
than we were in the 1960s, but no happier. What do research
data tell us is the real source of joy and
contentment?
A Pilgrimage to Syria
The Damascus peace mission: pilgrims to Syria find that the healing of wounds begins with listening, learning, and praying together in many languages.
A Conspiracy of Hope
Many thought the global movement against unfair trade started in Seattle 1999. But going back over 200 years, people have reached across borders to end the slave trade, shame a brutal colonial regime, and bring respite to laborers of the industrial revolution.
The Time For Nonviolence Has Come
International Solidarity Movement and the power of nonviolence
The beloved community of Martin Luther King
Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s revolutionary ideas and what they might mean for us today.
Fearlessness: Finding Peace in Activism
I do not feel particularly brave when I speak. I am simply propelled by the force of what I want to say.
Etiquette for Activists
Why do so many attempts to build coalitions across race and culture result in hurt and division? These seasoned activists offer tips on what makes the difference between success and disaster.
Detroit Renaissance
the story of a grassroots effort to renew a
post-industrial city. AC3T, Boggs Center, Detroit summer,
Adamah, Grace Boggs, Cass Corridor Food Cooperative, Romanowski
Park.
Finding Dignity in Exile
Fleeing the violence of Burma's military rulers, Shan women create a sanctuary and a power base by working together.
Dismantling the Fortresses of Fear
Rachel Corrie. A story about Israeli Committee
Against House Demolitions.
Eight Steps To Teach Kids Peace
8 practical steps to teaching peace in your community.
Time To Be, Time To Love
Time to Be, Time to Love by Rabbi Arthur
Waskow, shabbat shabbaton,
Fighting For the Soul of the Democratic Party
fighting for the soul of the democratic party
by John Dittmer
Bringing Back Desert Springs
The Hopi people of the Black Mesa region know how to farm and thrive in the desert Southwest. But a giant coal company is draining the aquifer that feeds their sacred springs and makes their livelihood possible.
The Lake And the ‘hood
Mono Lake activists fought a 16-year David-versus-Goliath battle against the city's Department of Water and Power (DWP) to stop water diversions to Los Angeles. Yet the rural community and the city have emerged from the fray as watershed partners.
The Meaning of Cancun
WTO fifth ministerial: protest, Lee Kyung Hae, Group of 21, globalization
A Watershed Runs Through You
The struggle to bring back endangered salmon draws one community into a new commitment to the well-being of its watershed
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